Wednesday 21 April 2010

Mission of an Obelisk


There are 29 ancient Egyptian obelisks in the following locations:
•Egypt – 9
•Poland – 1
•United Kingdom – 4
•France – 1 Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Obelisk, in Place de la Concorde, Paris
•Israel – 1 Caesarea obelisk
•Italy – 18 (includes the only one located in the Vatican City)
•Turkey – 1 Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, in Square of Horses, Istanbul
•United States – 1 Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", in Central Park, New York
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